schnauzer_luv

Yeah, I knew they still can lift their leg, but I thought I read somewhere it does reduce the likliehood. LOL I can just imagine a dog lifting their leg to be all tough and manly and then nearly stacking it midstream.

Hi everyone, am hoping for some general advice on desexing a male puppy. I will be bringing my mini schnauzer home in just 5 days, (yay!). Talking to the breeder the other day she mentioned her boys tend to cock their leg quite early, now I wouldnt ordinarily bat an eyelid at this but we currently live in an apartment and as such his primary toilet training will commence using a pet loo in our laundry. As he gets old enough there will be plenty of walkies outside etc so there will be a good balance of places for him to eliminate. However my concern is that if he starts cocking his leg Im going to end up with pee up the wall instead of on the pet loo?? I think (I may be wrong) desexing reduces the likliehood of leg cocking, is this correct? If it is, this would seem like the sensible solution (he was going to be desexed anyway). I guess what Im asking is, when is the earliest I can safely get this done? I was going to wait until 6 months before the breeder made that comment and now Im just not sure...I dont want to do anything risky, I'm just hoping for a solution if there is one, if there isnt I will just deal with it, and invest in a sponge company

Thanks Schnauzerlover The breeder sent me a pic yesterday of mum and puppies playing. I think its a great example of the type of social play happening at the 7 week mark...the look the mum is giving the babies is priceless! Only 8 sleeps left now! Maybe I'll catch you in the schnauzer thread sometime. Give humphrey some cuddles from me

I'm picking up my mini schnauzer in 11 days time (yay!!) and he will be 8 weeks old to the day. This is purely coincidence though, he rather politely was born on a Saturday. I cant wait! I have attached his picture (6 weeeks) cos I think he is just too darn cute Good luck with your puppy hunting, lost of the mini breeders I have spoken to (in NSW) will let you take them at 8 weeks if all is well but not a second before, they have such important lessons to learn in the meantime.